Uber Director & People 

United States, West Virginia 

833444827

About the Role

The Director, M&A People, is a critical role for a seasoned, strategic thinker who can seamlessly integrate business, technology, and people strategies to shape and implement an effective M&A approach. This role requires both strategic vision and a hands-on approach to ensure successful outcomes for the business and stakeholders across complex projects. As the driving force for M&A People initiatives, you’ll foster alignment across teams and motivate others to achieve results on high-stakes timelines. Additionally, you will lead and manage a small, highly skilled team dedicated to M&A People initiatives, providing mentorship and strategic direction to ensure seamless execution.

What You’ll Do

• Shape M&A People Strategy: Collaborate closely with corporate development and business leaders to evaluate early-stage deals and develop a people strategy that safeguards deal value and supports business objectives.

• Lead Integration Strategy: Craft and execute people integration plans that align with overarching business and technology integration strategies, ensuring smooth transitions for acquired talent.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Build, sustain, and influence relationships with senior business leaders, corporate development, and HR stakeholders, mobilizing cross-functional teams to address key people-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.

• Strategic Roadmap Development: Develop and oversee a comprehensive M&A People strategic roadmap to support long-term goals in alignment with business growth and transformation.

• Enhance Engagement Model: Continuously evaluate and enhance the M&A People engagement model to ensure collaboration and accountability among various HR teams, such as HR Business Partners, People Partners, and People Operations.

• Due Diligence Leadership: Co-lead due diligence efforts, representing the company in discussions with target companies to assess cultural and operational alignment, identify integration challenges, and shape strategic recommendations.

• Integration Execution: Lead cross-functional teams in addressing complex integration areas, such as employee leveling, organizational design, onboarding, total rewards, data migration, and systems harmonization to achieve a cohesive organizational fit.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of HR or M&A experience, with extensive knowledge of M&A life cycles and people implications.
• 7+ years in a strategic HRBP or related HR leadership role, ideally in high-growth, agile environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience building and scaling HR/M&A functions in mid- to large-scale multinational organizations.
• Demonstrated track record of growing and developing teams in fast-paced, ambiguous, and multi-geographic settings.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$225,000 per year - USD$250,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$225,000 per year - USD$250,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$203,000 per year - USD$225,500 per year.